It is sad indeed, but nothing new. It happens for 'reasons' of politics or believes or just out of 'nothing else to do'

2020-10-16
"Gravestones at rural church vandalised with gold spray paint
Gravestones at a rural Suffolk church have been vandalised with what is believed to be gold spray paint."
www.eadt.co.uk/news/vandalism-at-all-saints-church-hitcham-1-6886100

2020-06-18
"Slave's grave vandalized in UK city in apparent retaliation
British officials said Thursday the grave of an enslaved African man has been vandalised in an apparent “retaliation attack” after protesters in the city of Bristol toppled the statue of a prominent slave trader.

Two headstones in memory of Scipio Africanus, who lived in Bristol in the 18th century, were smashed. A message scrawled in chalk nearby called for the statue of Edward Colston to be put back or “things will really heat up.”"
news.yahoo.com/slaves-grave-vandalized-uk-city-153343761.html